Orcadian lifeways: diet and health in pre-Viking and Viking-age Orkney
30 April 15:00
Lecture room (1st floor), Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PG
Speaker: Alex Johnson, School of Archaeology
At the dawn of the Viking Age, the Orcadian Picts were faced with a period of sociocultural and economic transition. This talk focuses on using osteology and stable isotope analysis in tracing patterns in diet and nutrition to provide evidence for Pictish-Norse interaction.